Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in United Kingdom, 1993

United Kingdom
1993
Total fertility rate: 1.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of United Kingdom was 1.76 children per woman in 1993 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 762,216 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.76
Births
762,216
Births per 1,000 people
13.2
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
57,861,037
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.20.1%372
15-1930.78.7%52,645
20-2481.723.1%174,551
25-29113.932.2%261,529
30-3487.224.6%192,488
35-3934.09.6%68,930
40-445.71.6%11,116
45-490.30.1%556
50-540.00.0%29